2026 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Sedan (21 inch Wheels): home charging cost in North Dakota

At North Dakota's residential electricity rate of 12.19¢/kWh, a 2026 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Sedan (21 inch Wheels) (rated 37.1 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.53 to drive 100 miles on home charging, against $16.02 for the same distance in a car averaging 25.5 mpg on gasoline at $4.085/gallon. Charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here: 71.7% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Sedan (21 inch Wheels) charged at home in North Dakota costs about $679/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,724 a year.

Cost of a full charge

A 2026 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Sedan (21 inch Wheels) needs roughly 96.2 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 259-mile range, which runs about $11.72 at 12.19¢/kWh in North Dakota.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 2,544 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The BMW i5 M60 xDrive Sedan (21 inch Wheels) alone ranks 199 of 400 models for efficiency; North Dakota alone ranks 1 of 51 states for electricity price.

Next step: home charger installation

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

Line up a few North Dakota electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. North Dakota is one of the cheapest states for home electricity — the guide to why the cost varies so much by state covers what drives that.